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Current Term Enrollment Estimates – Spring 2017
In spring 2017, overall postsecondary enrollments decreased 1.5 percent from the previous spring.
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The Research Center regularly publishes reports on student access, student mobility, credential attainment, and enrollment trends. These reports are based on student-level data provided exclusively to the National Student Clearinghouse by our nationwide network of postsecondary institutions. The reports are to benefit and better inform the educational community, policymakers, community leaders, and others. Click on a report series below to view the reports within that series.
The Role of Community Colleges in Postsecondary Success
The Community Colleges Outcomes Report, “The Role of Community Colleges in Postsecondary Success,” provides recent report findings from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center on two-year colleges. Key community college metrics are provided for three areas — college access and persistence, transfer and mobility, and certificate and degree completion – which are important indicators of community college progress.
Research Center News.
- Completing College: A National View of Student Attainment Rates – Fall 2010 Cohort December 19, 2016
- Fall 2010 Cohort Outcomes: Decline in College Completion Rates Reverse and Lead to Upward Trajectory for Great Recession Cohorts December 5, 2016
- High School Demographics Continue to Impact College Success November 8, 2016
- 2016 High School Benchmarks Report Released October 27, 2016
- Student Pathways Affect Time to Degree October 12, 2016